Machine for making pastry cones.



P. C. FL'AGSTAD, O. HANSEN @L 0. FLAGSTAD. MACHINE Fon MAKING PASTRY CONBS. APPLIUATIQN FILED PEB. 27, 1909. RENBWBD OGfT. SO, 1913. )l 1,986,448'v ,Patengad Feb. E0, f.

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Mmmm Foa MAKINPAsmY CONBS. APPLIOATIGN HLBD FEBHZ'I, 1909.I RHNEWED 0OT.30,1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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l). G. FLAGSTAD, O. HANSEN da 0. FLAGSTAD. MACHINE ma MAKING PASTRY comas.

APPLICATION FILED 1113.27, 1909. RENEWED 00T.30,1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED 2213.27, wou, RENEW@ uw'. so; 191s,

'6 is an end View of one of the molds and the PETER CORNIE FLAGSTAJD, @SCAR HANSEN, ANI) OSCARFLAGSTAD, OF ST. PAUL,

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PEPPER, BOTH GF ASSIGNMENTS, TO ROBERT G. CARGILL MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESGTA.

MACHENE FOR MA''SING- PASTRY CONES.

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'o all whom t may concern:

Bie it lgrnown that we, PETER Connie FLAG- s'ran, @scan HANsnN, and OSCAR FLAosixxn, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county ot' Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Machine for Making Pastry Cones, ot which the following is a specification.

This intention relates to machines tor making hollow pastry cones or similar cups of pastry for containing ice-cream; and the object is to provide a novel, partly automatic power-operated machine for the rapid vand cheap production of said articles ot pastry.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a Vtop View of the machine with certain portions broken away to expose other parts. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine with some ot the upper members ot the cone molds at the front removed and one of the frame posts to the left partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line ama in Fig. l of the complete machine. Fig. 4 is ar detail side elevation of one of several moldsin which the pastry cones are formed and baked, and ,ortions of the chains that open and close tlie molds, one o'l3 the members of the mold is also shown in dotted line in the upper part of the View. Fig. 5 is an end View ot the mold shown in Fig. It. Fig.

adjacent means for supporting, squeezing and turning it. Fig. is an end View of one of the molds and .its supporting means and one of two fixed wedges for separating the members of the molds preparatory to opening` them. Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross section on line --ZJ in Fig; '.l 'showing the Specification of Letters Patent. Application tiled February 3'?, 1909, Serial No. 480,4

Patented Feb. itil, Hillel. Se. Renewed October 30, 1913. Serial No. 793,317.

ration of either the end section the or 49 ot' the curved rails in Fig. l. Fig. i5 is a radial section through thehorizontally turning' large wheel 10H10, that carries the molds during the baking process. Fig. 16 is a section on line /z.-/iy in Fig. l5. Fig. 17 is a 'front elevation of the main frame work and the opening)r and closing means ior the molds modified. Fig. ltl is a vertical section on the line 9/5/ in Figa'l.

Referringl to the drawings by reifcrence numerals, l desiguales a plattorn'i or base preferably fixed upon skids 2 which are 'rounded at the ends' to facilitate nioving of the machine. Upon said base is lixed a cir-- cular row of frame posts 3, il, 3, 3", 3e, and 3f, forming,` about tln'ee-fouri'hs ol a circle, and concentrically there-within is Hired on the base-a smaller circle of. inner posts ll, i", ft, Il, Ll", and -l `llach outer post has its top i'irmly secured to the top ot the .nearest linner post by a frame bar from which is suspended by screws 6 a sheet metal oven 7. which `forms about tln'ee-fourths of a circle and is in radial cross section ot an inverted U-shape, as best shown in the upper right hand corner/oi' Fig. The ends olE the oven are provided with doors S and S, each sus pended by hinges 9 from the end ot the root ofthe orefl and arranged to swing, the door 8 into and" the door S out from the respective door openings.

Clo-se below the open base of the oven de scribed and arranged centrally to the circle or curve thereof, is mounted to rotaie hori- V'/lont-ally a spolreless wheel or doulol-n ring;l ltr-10, the two rings being' united by fiat radial braces ll, (sec Figs. i5 and lo) turned edge down so as to interfere as little method ot guiding the chaine or link belts. Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line c-r in Fig. l of the gas burner by which the baking is done. Fig. 10 is a top View ot a portion of the outer curved yrail by which the molding members are pressed together during the baking process, and the traine posts holding said rail in position.. Fig. l1 is an .inner side View oi the' portion dwf? nl the rail and the adjacentpost in Fig". l0. Fig. l2 is a vertical cross section on the line cme in Fig. il. Fig. 13 is a detail side eleration ot' either the rail section e8 iii' Fig. l() or the section 4:9 oi the inner curved as possible with the fire aud heat passing' upwardbetween them, as will presently," be more fully described. The lower edges ot one or both of saidrings of the. wheel are guidingly supported on rollers i9. mounted by castings i3 as in Fig. l5, or blocks 13 in Fig. 2, fixed upon horizontal .frame bars ifi.

or other parts of the main frame work. @ne oi the rings rjzomposing` the large wheel 10, in the present instant-,e the outer ring, is provided with a depending circular rack l5, with which meshes a cog:r pinion or wheel 16, fixed on a ln'n'ir/ontal shaft l? extending cenrail in Fig. 1. Fig. lei is an inner side eletrally from Ylint-nt to rear oit the machine, and

."distances from the cen-ter of the horizontal wheel lO (or lO-lOa) so that thetwo chains will be moved their ent-ire length simultaneously. The longest chain is guided over guide pulleys or wheels 24 Amounted on an arch or open frame 25 secured upon the front portion of the base and having its'upper portion provided with side guides 26 and a top guide 27 for guiding the chain. The shorter chain is similarly guided by pulleys 24X and guides 26x and 27x on a smaller arch or open frame 25x, as best shown in Fig. 8. In this and other views it will also be seen that some otl the links in each chain are provided with lateral fingers 28, which (as shown in Fig. 4) engage bails 29 fixed at the end of the upper members 30 of each mold 30-30", which molds being provided with journals 31, 31X, resting normally in bearing notches 83 in the two rings of the horizontal wheel, are constantly carried around by said wheel, but while they pass as from 30a to 30b in Fig. l the chains by means of their fingers 28 litt olif each upper member 30 of the molds at 30, carry it along the top ofthe open frames and put it down again at 30",

' where it finds the lower member just filled with dough by an operator standing as at B in Fig. l, while another operator, standing at A removes the baked cones from the molds, usually from the upper member where they. stick slightly on the male cones, 34, while the female cones 35, not ,shrinking with the pastry cones free,- themselves from the shrunk pastry cones. t The male cones are also hollow, but as that is fully described in another patent in which lwe are interested we need not here describe itA lt will be observed that Llone of the members ot' the mold is provided withl dowel pins 36 tapered at the ends and ,radapted to enter into holes 36K in the other member and there by guide the inner and outer molds into exact central position. For similar purpose the two members are provided with adjacent slanting shoulders 37; a further purpose of said shoulders is to bring lthe center of I gravity of the entire mold as much as possible to the axial line of the journals or trunnions' of the molds and thus prevent accidental turning of the mold from the weight of the cones or other parts of the mold when the mold is of the form shown. l

llfhiie the molds are carried tlnouglrthe '1 large portion of the' circle covered :by the oven, that is, from 30b to 30a, in the direction indicated by the arrow D at the front of Fig. l, their under sides are constantly exposed to the fire and heat from a gas burner 38, which is :ted from gas pipes 3940, and is preferably made in sections secured to the pipe by nipples 4l, and the upper sides are exposed to the hot air in the oven or hollow cover 7. The molds are also during said movement periodically turned on their journals, so as to expose alternately the male and the female cones to the flames of 'ior the burners. To provide for said turning of the mold each of the members 30)t has one of its journals, preferably the outer one, provided with an obstruction consisting of one broad pin or in the present instance ytwo pins 42, which when the cones hang downward as in Fig. 5 are below the center of the journal, and when the cones are inverted V(as in Fig. 6) they are above said ccntcrf For turning engagement with these pins are journaled on the frame work on st-uds4'5 two rollers, 43 and 44,v the former on post 3f and the latter near post 3c in Fig. l; theroller 43 is centrally disposed in line with the pins 42 when they are above thecenter of the journal and the roller 44 is' disposed in the line of mot-ion of the pins when they are below the center of the jour'- nal. From this arrangement it will be understood that after each mold is filled and closed at 30", it .moves on with the outer or female cones exposed to the burners iintil the roller 44 is reached and said roller by retarding the first pin 42 touching it imparts half a turn of the mold, thus turning the male cones toward the burners; and as these cones are farther from the burners and less accessible to the heat from the fire, they are given longer time for exposure to the flames while they move through the greater distance from the roller 44 to roller 43, where the baking is finished, and as the other of the pins 42 is retarded. by said roller 43 the mold is again given half av turn and is thus= turned with the bails 29 upward ready for the fingers of the chain to engage them, as already described. The baked pastry, however, oftenholds the mold members so firmly stuck together that it might be an undesirable strain on` the chains and their fingers to pull the members apart, for that reason ica each journal is provided with a central V- shaped notch 46 l(see Fig. 4) in which engage two wedges 47, 47 X fixed the one on each of the posts and 4f and having, as shown in Fig. 7, each one a horizontal straight un'- derside for the lower mold member to pass along while the upper side fori@`A an incline that starts the upper member upward from its sticking condition. As soon as the wedges are passed the fingers of the chains take hold and fully separate the members, as before described.

While the molds move along over the burners it is necessary to hold them more or less rmly closed during the various stages ot the halting, so as to tiret press there together to give the pastry cones the proper thickness, then retain the molds in that position vuntil the paste is snilicientlyr ln'zrdened to maintain its shape, then gire theupper member vol" the vnetlfl freedom to yield and let out ind het air which may ere pressure within the molds, and li y, gire the mold ireedo'in to turn on its joui nuls when it is to malte the hall turns already described. lilith these Requirements known the means therefor will be more readilyimderstood, and they' are as follows: laleld by bolts t3() to 'the outer posts a to 3f is a horinaontally eurvcd rail made up of sections 48a, 48", 48C, 48 and lite, having their adjacent ends overlalipcd on raid bolts 60, and on the inner pes by bolts 50" i seiielions yl 9", .l l lower sides ot these rails fr friction rollers 50 mounted near ,e ends of presser levers 5l, which are Ariveted. at 52 to the inner and outer sides ot' the indd-.carrying wheel ltlwlll and are each provided with a notch 52 adapted to engage and press upon the upper side elj the journal of the adjacent mold.

'1` he arrangement of the inner and outer rails being' the same except as to size the tollowing' description ol" the outer rail will answer for' both rails. The lower side of the lirst section, 48, (best shown in Fig. 13) is inclined so that it presses the upper member ot each mold gradually down to normal posi-- tion in the pastry placed in the lower inemv ber. rlhis section, 4S, is rigidly fixed on the post, except that its trout end is slightly udjustable vertically on the pest il, the next section, 48, is rigidly fixed to the posts and is equally high at all points so as to lteep the nlold in norn'ial closed position until the pastry is fairly stitl'ened by the heat. rl`he third section, 41B, and all the succeeding sections have vertici lly slotted holes 523 on the bolts (30, (seelligs. 11 and 14) to allow each seetion to be 'aised slightly by the steam presi sure in the molds; as soon as such pressure is relieved theu section is ln'ol'ught down again te normal position by constantly pressing; coil si'nings 5ft (see Figfl) ltuided in a metallic pocket. 55, which is tilted on the post and provided with a tension screw 5G and a` plate 57 pressing the sprintf down upon a plate 58 placed upon 'the jointed ends ot the seetions. :ly means ol said sere-w the pres` sure on the molds may thus he regulated as desired at furious parts et the nil. rllhe last section, 48e has a slight el :airing 53S) Fig. lll) by which to relievl the pressure on v the .molds when they are to he turned by the roller Non.' the roller the section Il@ has for similar purpose a similar clearing (not shown).K

rlhe main operation of the machine having air ady been stated as explana tory basis lor eoiistrination, only tle 'following details may flirt-herbe nientioneijl. The doors of the oren are opened autoniatieally bythe passing molds and closed by their own weight. '.llhe pressu' `levers are in the iront el the machine raised upward by each niold member the chains elevate, and rei'xiain standing,A or l xailing against pegs (3l until' the iront ends ol. the rail sections l-fl and lll fold them down again upon each mold as it passes under said rails. The opening and turning oil the molds in their bearings may also perhaps be more fully '.xp'ained by relierringI lo Fips. (3 and 'l'. ln the latter ligure the wedge #il shown in dotted'line is the salue as the inner odge portion ot wedge 4T i the lettin lfig'. l at (l2 is shown how the i the journal en .e s upon the wedge, l nl G3 is shown how the upper member ol ine in-ald has been raised by passing upon ,l l'n Vitin'. o it will be understood that when the, roller itil simply rotates on a stud fixed in the frame worl, nd the pins l2 more against it the journal 31X ol'v the mold is bound to turn.

ln the, modificationillustrated in Figs. 17 and 1S the open frames 25 and 25m which are alike except as to size are-each so modied that instead ot the seve 'al cl'iain-g'uiding wheels or 24X revolving on studs 6l in Fig. :2, each mold lifting chain is guided by a single ring-shaped guiding wheel (l5 (see, lligr, lll) which rotates upon a ring-shaped or hollow stud titl, prete -ably with a few iuterposed antilrictiini rollers (57 to malte the wheel turn easier with the chain. ln this modifi ration the main shalt ll and pinion lll operate the sani l. as in FigsQl and Il, but the sprockets 22 and 22a are fixed on/a` counter shalt 17h, nionnteiil in lbearings G5 and provided with a. sprocket (S9, which isY driven by a` linh belt 7() and a sprocket 7l fixed on the main shalt 17, and the mold lifting' chains are engaged by the lower sides of the sprockets instead of by the upper sides in Fig. 2. As best shown in Fig'. 18, also in the modified form the open frames have guides 72 to ln'erent lateril twisting of the belt chains when their lingers 28 carry the uppe mold members. fllhe rear or smaller open l 'aine needs not necessarily be open but. the front or larger trame is open to admit the operators to work through it in en'iptying` and illiiig the molds.

The constructitn'ial details and the arangenienl oi' parts may he varied within the scope of the invention.

l. ln a machine for the purpose set lortu, a main traine, rollers mounted in horizon tal. circular order on the frame, a s polzeleaff stationary heat-producing burner below the molds for a greater portion of the circle occupied by the main wheel, and a power-operated shaft operatively connected with the main wheel to turn it continuously, said molds having each at one end a projection or peg on its journal beyond the center thereofl` and obstructions mounted at various points of .the frame to engage said pegs and turn the molds alternately with oppoi site sides toward the burner.

2. In a machine for'the purpose set forth, a main trame, rollers mounted in horizontal circular order on the trame, a spokeless main wheel or ring formed of two connected concentric rims, said wheel being rotatable about a vertical axis and having the lower edges of one or both of its rims guidingly grooved to the rollers; said rims having 'all along their upper edges open journal bearings, a series of 'baking molds having jonrnals resting in said bearings and conic molds disposed between said rims, a continuous stationary heat-producing burner below the molds t'or a greater port-ion of the circle occupied by the main wheel, and a power-operated shaft operatively connected with the' main wheelto turn it continuously, each of said molds and its journals being divided into two members having means for guiding them into proper meeting relation to each other, one of said members having its por'- tions ot the journals provided with bails, two npstanding frames fixed on the main trame, one within and the other and larger one outside the main wheel, endless belt chains guided to move on said frames 'and having at intervalslateral fingers by which to engage the hails and lit't the mold members having suc-h hails up at one. sido of the upstanding frames, then horizontallj7 and then put them down at the other side ot' lsaid trames. the outer one of said opstanding trames being open to admit operators to work through it upon the mold members remaining in the wheel while the upper members are carried by the chains, sprocketwheels operating the chains; said sprocket wheels being operatively connected with the pcwer operated shaft. l

S. ln a machine for the purpose set torth. a main trame. rollers mounted in horizontal circular order on the frame, a spolteless edges of one or both or its rims guidingly -grooved to the rollers; saidl rims having all along their upper edges open ournal bearings, a series of baking molds having journals resting in said bearings and conic molds disposed between said rims, a continuous stationary heat-producing burner below' the molds for a greater portion of the circle occupied by the main wheel, and a poweroperated shaft operatively connected with the main wheel to turn it continuously, each of said molds and its journals being divided into two members having means for guiding them into proper meeting relation to each other, one of said members having its portions of the journals provided with hails,A

two upstanding frames fixed on the main frame, one within and the other and larger one outside the main wheel, endless belt chains guided to move on said trames and having at intervals lateral ngers by which to engage, the hails and litt the mold members having such bails up at one side of the upstandng trames, then horizontally and then put them down at the other side of said frames, the outer one of said opstanding frames being open to admit operators to work through it upon the mold members to maining in the wheel while the upper members are carried. by the chains, sprocket wheels operating the chains; said sprocket wheels beinfr operatively connected with the power operated shaft, and rotary bearings on the upstanding trames for the support and guidance of the chains.

4. ln a machine for the purpose set forth, the combination with molds having an endless movement and adapted to be open during a certain portion of their movement, ot' endless moving chains having lingers arranged to open the molds and keep them open during such portion o their movement, and then bring them together and close them again.

5. In amachine for the purpose set forth,

a frame, a main wheel mounted to rotate in horizontal plane therein and havincr two concentric rims connected by radial races and open journal bearings alo-ng thevupper edge of each rim, a series of two-part baking molds arranged between the -i 'uns and having longitudinally split journals resting in the bearing, levers pivoted to the rims and adapted to normally rest upon the journals, horizontally curved rails mounted on the trame and adapted to exert pressure downward upon the levers and thereby on the molds and burners below the molds.

C. ln a. machine Ator the purpose set forth, a traine, main wheel mounted to rotate in horizontal plane therein and having two concentric rims connected b v radial'braces g and open journal bearings along the upper ede'eot each rim, a series of two-part baltnmolds arranged between the rims and having longitudinally split journalsrese.

ing in th bearings, levers pivoted yto the rims and adapted to normally rest upon the journals, horizontally curved rails mounted on the frame and adapted vto exert pi downward upon the levers and thereby on the molds, and burners below the molds said levers having near their free ends antifrietion rollers for, engagement with the rails.

7. In a machine for the purpose set forth, a frame, a main wheel mountedeto rotate in horizontal plane therein and having two concentric rims connected. by radial braces andopen journal bearings along` the upper edge of each rim, a series of two-part bale ing,` molds arranged between the rims and having longitudinally split journals resting in the bearings, levers pivoted to' the rims and adapted to normally rest upon ythe journals, horizontally curved rails mounted on the frame and adapted to exertjpressure downward upon the levers and thereby on the molds, and burners below the molds, said rails'being formed in sections some of which are fixed and some have an upwardly yielding `movement, spring pockets with springs and tension screws thereon ony the frame for holding such sections normally downward in line .with the lixed sections, for the purposes set forth.

8. In a machine li'or the purpose set forth, a frame, a main wheel mounted to rotate in horizontal plane` thereinI- and havingI two concentric rims connectedv by radial braces and open journal bearings along the upper edge of each rim, a series of two-part baking molds arranged between the rims and having longitudinally split joupnals resting fin the bearings, levers pivoted te the rims the frame and adapted to exert pressure downward upon the levers and thereby on the molds, and stationary burners below the molds, obstructions on the frame for engagen'ient with the molds to turn them on their journals at certain points of their course over the burners, said rails having at or near said points clearings by which to relieve the pressure on the levers while the mold is being turned on the journals.

9. In a machine for the purpose set fortis., a fra-me, a main wheel mounted .to rotate in horizontal plane therein and having two concentric rims connected by radial braces and open journal bearings along the upper edge of each rim, a series of two-part baking molds arranged between the rims and having longitudinally split journalsresting in the bearings, levers pivoted to the rims and adapted to normally rest upon the journals, horizontally curved rails mounted on the trame and adapted to exert pressure downward upon the levers and thereby on the molds, and burners below the molds. the lirst portion of each rail engaging the levers being inclined so as to press each mold gradually to a normally closed position soon after the dough is put into it. A

In testimony whereof we atlix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

P. CORNIE 4Iiln'l-li'lAD. OSCAR HANSEN. OSCAR FLAGSTAD. lVitnesses A. M. CARLSEN, D. E. CARLSEN. 

